The phrase wood anemone is used in common names for several closely related species of flowering plants in genus ''
Anemonoides
''Anemonoides'' is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. Plants of the genus are native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, on the continents of North America, Europe, and Asia. The generic name ''Ane ...
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Anemonoides nemorosa
''Anemonoides nemorosa'' (syn. ''Anemone nemorosa''), the wood anemone, is an early-spring flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. Other common names include windflower, European thimbleweed, and smell fox, an all ...
'', the ''wood anemone'' in Europe and Asia
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Anemonoides quinquefolia
''Anemonoides quinquefolia'' (French: anémone à cinq folioles), a flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, is native to North America. It is commonly called wood anemone or windflower, not to be confused with ''Anemonoides nemoros ...
'', the ''wood anemone'' in North America
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Anemonoides oregana
''Anemonoides oregana'' (commonly called ''Anemone oregana'') is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family known by the common names blue windflower, Oregon anemone, and western wood anemone. It is native to the forests of Washington, ...
'', the ''western wood anemone'' in North America
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Anemonoides ranunculoides
''Anemonoides ranunculoides'' (syn. ''Anemone ranunculoides''), the yellow anemone, yellow wood anemone, or buttercup anemone, is a species of herbaceous and perennial plant that grows in forests across Europe to western Asia, and less frequently ...
'', the ''yellow wood anemone'' in Europe and Asia
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